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Chicago examiner sunday Chicago march 8 1914 sunday vol xiv no 36 a iv price five cents famous british law authority concedes united states right to free canal tolls phe london law reviejv the highest authority among british legal publications concludes a 5,000 word analysis of the hay-pavncefote treaty and of american rights m the panama canal with these words to sum up it is reasonably arguable a that the united states can support its action ( b ) that there is no international obligation to a full article will +& found m the london on the precise words of the material articles of submit the construction of its legislative act to law review for november 1912 volume 38 oaaes the treaty that its case is strengthened by refer a"v process of arbitration and i ' 1 h 08 pages to the preamble and context and that its c that any aggrieved party has an appropriate t0 ud4 law associatlons and public libraries case is difficult to challenge on grounds of gen and impartial and a competent tribunal m the keep bound volumes of the london law review eral justice supreme court of the united states so important and authoritative is the publication u s girl is killed by mexicans in torreon dr wittigenstein tells of new atrocities committed on amer ican women petitions bryan to punish crime perpetrators washington march 7 new atroci ties in mexico were revealed to-day by dr t h wittii-pnsteiu a former resi i pi ywclan iri n'e:evo leon who pre state bryan a pe ilie punishment of c harr been committed ngni-ist imei __>:> omen and children reached secretary bryan late to-day recounts the list of ludlguthefl and murders which dr wit tgenstein recently presented exclusively e'ri-n.v he insists that something must lie diem to make the lives of americans ii m foseicu counvie * â€¢ â€¢ there are two css&bo bald dr wtttt gt_i<.iit_t to-day which i have not yet ivrj^eil to the state department but u.ch i feel should be made public one is the case of elsie glasmacher and the other is that of mrs w j mantell daughter of street railway head elsie glasmacher was the nineteen year-old daughter of the superintendent of street railways at torreon she was a girl whose reputation was irreproacha ble who was loved by the foreign colony of torreon in november 1913 the mexican police of torreon found the girl's body m a de serted house on the outskirts of the town she had been strangled to death after she had been mistreated the marks of auger prints were upon her throat at that time the huerta forces were m absolute control of torreon and had proclaimed their responsibility for any crime occurring within the city limits the amercan consul whose name i do not recall appealed to them to find the parties responsible for the girl's murder the murderer never was found nothing one by either mexico or the t c â– wrong ible beyond rt . r v atell is horrible i f lis â€¢< urred m vera ct . .'â– â– ". itl-ia i_t of the arner lcr-c bi tie fanng i a this country's mrr r ar.tell was i le mother of a eld abj one day lt was ir no a er 1013 tl.f same time when 1 jiacher case occurred â€” three line rt : oldie s entered mrs mantell's tost â€¢ tile n .- hnabaad was away she n â– -. â– bnt . at the time the 1 fieri i_.re the i y from her arms : her i i li after they had the ber they shot her ci says lat party of americans ion i l us one ound mrs mantell's li baby i died of starvation ufier the killed we made a li iiief of police of vera cmi ii 1 informed that if anything . you will be the next to die nothing done by state department finally a complaint was made to the united states eonuil who reported the matter to the s.ate department but nothing was on in ills compliant to the state depart ment i>r wliyigeiistein recites the differ ent casss wfi"ich have come to his atten tion personally he says he is willing to furnish proofs of the death of each person mentioned m the petition in concluding his petition dr wittigen stein says i do not know however that ameri cans ln mexico are praying for true pro tection from their native country they having uo way to leave mexico as has been suggested to them by the united estates government j4gnotber"^tem_m.d for protection of brit ish citizens was made upon secretary bryan to-day y sir cecil sprlng-blce the english ambassador the new case k that of w d snyman a wealthy roosevelt-willard wedding late in april envoy to spain says colonel will attend event before return special cable to tha examiner london march 7 colonel roosevelt will not return to the united states from south america but is going to spain with his son kermit for the latter's marriage to belle willard according to joseph e willard american ambassador at ma drid mr and mrs willard and miss belle are guests of ambassador page and mrs page they came to london to be presented at yesterday's court mr wil lard said the marriage probably would take place late m april famous n y art dealer ends life surrounded by great masterpieces t j blakeslee shoots self new york march 7 theron j blakeslee noted art dealer committed suicide this evening by shooting himself through the right temple while seated m his main show room m the francis building 6c5 fifth avenue he was sur rounded by masterpieces of the world's most famous artists business reverses impelled the tragedy according to mr blakeslee's friends he had made heavy purchases of late and found no sale for his stock this had necessitated reorganization of his affairs mr blakeslee was sixty-one years old he entered the art field m boston and came to this city m 1885 he was one of the first art dealers to establish pub lic sales of paintings princess radziwill stirs countess ire whistling m presence of husband's grandmother arouses anger special cable to the examiner paris march 7 the unconventional behavior of princess rndzlwill who was dorothy deacon of boston has aroused the anger of her husband grandmother the irascible countess branicka the princess was visiting the countess at castle bialycierkieff dorothy began whistling the countess demanded to know who was whistling m her presence dorothy repeated the offense and the countess sent her a message that if she wished to whistle she should do lt m her own rooms wilson jostles way in quaker throng few among thousands recognize president m philadelphia washington march 7 president wilson's eyes have not suffered much from one year of presidential activity he journeyed to philadelphia to-day to find out that his eyes were not failing him and his oculist made only a slight change of lenses m the glasses he wears the president returned to washington to night while a crowd cheered the presi dent at the depot few persons among the saturday throng on chestnut street recog nized him ira n morris is to become envoy in turkey , chicagoan will succeed morgen thau who gets place on u s banking board new yorker tires of post washington march 7 henry mor genthau of new york ambassador to turkey will be appointed a member of the federal reserve board or chairman of the board of control of the reserve bank at new york ira nelson morris of chi cago will succeed him as ambassador to turkey it became known to-day that when mr morgenthau was appointed to his present position it was with the under standing that he would be recalled soon to take a place m the cabinet as secre tary of commerce a line of work which he much preferred will be chief of board as chairman of the board of the new york system mr morgenthau will be chief agent of the federal board and will wield tremendous influence over the new york banking institutions mr morris is at present m italy as special agent for the united states for the panama exposition at san fran cisco it is stated that at the time h wft to take charge of the panama-pacific ex position work m italy mr morris was acquainted with the probability of his appointment as ambassador to turkey dissatisfied with post the authority for the foregoing state ments declared that mr morgenthau has been dissatisfied with his ambassa dorial post since he was appointed to gratify the president's desire to have an especially capable man to take hold of the diplomatic tangle engendered by the balkan war mr morgenthau it is said has been looking for some substantial reward m this country the work which he has done ln turkey has won commendation from officials of the state department mr morgenthau is understood to have urged mr morris for the position promoter of first steam railway dies aaron van guysling helped de velop mohawk & hudson los angeles march 7 aaron van guysling eighty-eight years old retired pioneer railroad man of new york and identified with some of the most noted men m american railroad history died after a brief illness of bronchial pneu monia m the home of his son g b van guysling here to-day in 1841 van guysling helped develop the mohawk & hudson railroad which later became fa mous as the first practical steam road in the united states sentence earle with woman hissed in court â€¢ american artist and latest in amorata convicted m france of abducting little son letters arouse protest special cable ta the examiner bomoraxtin france march 7 ferdinand pinney earle and his latest affinity miss charlotte hermann of rutherford n j were found guilty to night of the kidnaping of earle's eight year-old son harold from a private school at lamotte-beauvron earle was sentenced to two months imprisonment and miss hermann to one month both sentences to date from time of their arrest ln norway both were therefore liberated to-night earle was also fined 5 and miss hermann 3 mme fischbacher the divorced first wife of earle and mother of the boy was awarded 1,400 damages basks m smiles fashionable women again filled every corner a dozen flanking the judge on the bench most of the time they had no eyes except for earle who basked ii their gaze occasionally smiling __ resuming his speech mme fisehbach er's lawyer maltre boppon dwelt scorn fully oir earfe's notion b hi.^_t mflf portance when he acknowledged in his testimony that he considered himself a great personage m the same category with colonel roosevelt and president wilson m boppon anathematized earle's pro posal to his first wife that she enter with him and julia kuttner into a mar velous trinity of love and mutual under standing the lawyer emphasized the fact that from may 1910 until july 1913 earle did not once seek news of his son whom he professed to love be cause he was too much absorbed m his latest liasons pledged unwashed face pointing to the fact that earle had promised undying love and fidelity to all his wives m boppon read from his let ers to julia kuttner theodora sidford and charlotte hermann at this the people crowding around the entrance of the court room began loudly to protest enough it is too disgusting the judge then had the court cleared and the hearing was continued with closed doors in one letter to his third wife earle declared be had vowed not to wash his face until the birth of the baby she ex pected at this time earle was living with miss hermann m berlin boppon next exhibited earle's diary demonstrating the discipline to which he had submitted his first wife while visit ing egypt the diary contained a code of drawings showing the punishment he had administered to her a sketch of a shoe indicated a kick a whip meant a thrashing and a hand represented a box ing of the ears the public prosecutor m chaudet m summing up contended that earle had acted more from hatred of his first wife than love of his chnd earle is an ultra-modern blue bear he declared his methods of getting rid of his wives are less barbarous but none the less cruel nnd abominable earle explains code m de brngerie the lawyer for the defense then called earle to the stand to explain what the prosecution had described as his punishment code the artist said the sketch of hands meant applause that of a foot indicated a kick m slang or m the american sense of criticism while the whip represented a cane and was a souvenir of blows given to arabs during excursions on the nile at this stage of the explanation mme fischbacher pusbed her way excitedly to the front of the court and cried furious ly he lies stamping her foot and pouring out accusations of numberless blows and other outrages during the period of four and one-half years m which she had lived with him loud applause greeted the verdict which was rendered after a ten-minute deliberation many persons crowded around the dock to congratulate earle who ' trembled violently he and miss hermann left the court guarded by gen darmes but before his departure his third wife mrs theoijora sidford earle dashed from behind and kissed his ear / 27 of leeds pictures found to be copies | art expert reports on supposedly j old masterpieces special cable te the examiner paris march 7 twenty-seven of the thirty-seven pictures m the collection of supposedly old masterpieces purchased seven years ago by the late william b leeds m new york were to-day declared to be copies by georges sortals picture expert the declaration was made m civil court and mrs leeds may take action to re cover upon the paintings mrs leeds brought the entire collection to paris some time ago and sought legal and expert advice concerning whether the paintings were all originals sortais was v appointed to make the examination and to-day he asserted that without doubt ten of the paintings were originals but the others were copies stock averts panic in orchestra hall smoke drawn in by ventilators frightens audience panic was averted at orchestra hall last night by the calmness of frederick stock conductor of the Chicago sym phony orchestra there was no fire m the building bat the suction ventilators assisted by some freak of wind drew into the auditorium great volumes of dense smoke for several minutes there was great uneasiness la the audience many rose from their seats a few souÂ£-_t exits conductor stock heard the scuffling of feet and did not know whether there was cause for panic or notl without turning his head he continued to lead the orches tra to the end of the selection and by that time the excitement was over only royal 3 can tie up traffic now king george arrogates right to queen mother and himself special call ta tha examiner london march 7 only the king and queen and the dowager queen alexan dra hereafter will enjoy the privilege of having street traffic held np for them whenever they go out carriage riding in recent years some of the minor royalties have assumed the same right scotland yard complained and to-day the king or dered that the ordinances apply only to the royal three radcliffe gets man as regular co-ed boston mass march 7 radcliffe college harvard university annex and hitherto seat of learning for girls only has admitted one man he is duly regis tered and enrolled attends courses with the radcliffe girls and altogether be longs just as much as any of the girls do his name is samuel bass warner nnd he lives m a student's domicile at boom 2 walter hastings which is one of the gold coast harvard dormitories wigs and gowns for lawyers Taft urges boston mass march 7 discussing legal ethics at the boston university law school to-day ex-president Taft said lawyers should wear wigs and gowns as they do m england to show respect for the courts all jndges ought to wear a distinguishing robe people ought to be made to observe propriety m court they should be careful of their dress hunt over nation for ricketts paintings art dealer a child m finance blocks tracing of assets said to have been sold when he realized debts robb roy ricketts head of the art firm of moulton and ricketts which has gone into the hands of a receiver resumed bis testimony m the receivership hearing yes terday while a countrywide search was j being made for missing masterpieces which are believed to be part of the as sets of the firm in new york an ancillary receiver was appointed upon a showing that valuable canvases had been carried out of the i studio at midnight after the firm went i on the rocks on the witness stand ricketts battled with his memory and with opposing law yers all the forenoon without explaining ln any detail the shipping of scores of i paintings from his van buren street studio the examination of ricketts presented to the court and attorneys a picture of a man living entirely m the atmosphere of art blissfully ignorant of the most ordinary usages of the business world j and the victim of alleged friends who played upon the possibilities of his un usual temperament ricketts could not guess within a quarter of a million dollars what were his assets he said he thought that his firm was still solvent although he ad mitted that his bookkeeper lad shown him some figures and notes and things which he said meant that he was broke way back m the beginning of things i used to notice figures and money but i have spent so much time buying and selling pictures that i haven't time nor the inclination to think about business ricketts indicated that when a friend admired a picture he sold it to him if the friend owed him the price of the picture or a few thousand dollars less ricketts considered fhe account closed if he owed an artist or a customer money he wrote them a note and signed his name to it with as much assurance as though he were making bank notes overdrew bank account attorney michael gesas representing the Chicago title & trust company re ceivers of the moulton & ricketts busi ness obtained from ricketts on the wit nobb roy rick ** etts bankrupt art dealer on the stand yesterday as he amaz ed lawyers by his ig norance of financial af fairs and baffled find ing of assets by his faulty memory gangster shot in saloon fight policeman becomes target after battle between goose isle and smoky hollow bands the goose island gang and the smoky hollow gang rival bands of men with police records met last night m an encounter which resulted m bert etannagan of the goose island gang being mortally wounded he was shot three times and taken to the alexinn brothers hospital detec tive sergeant john hardy was near the scene of the fight which occurred m a saloon at 40-1 west division street etan nagan said james marley fired the shots hardy arrested marley after a right m which it is alleged marley tried to shoot the detective marley has a jail record i while detective hardy was waiting i with his prisoner at the patrol box it is alleged that one mickey giiyo a friend of the prisoner fired three shots at har dy missed each time and escaped the police are searching for guyo melba loses voice when ready to sing boston march 7 a pathetic and dra matic incident occurred m the boston opera house this afternoon when mme nellie melba appeared m the costume of mimi m la boheme and in an almost inaudible tone told her audience she had suddenly lost her voice and was unable to sing a note wright patent beat by new plane claim nett york march 7 r r grant of norfolk va is here with plans of an aeroplane which he claims does not in fringe the wright patent in descend ing the machine regulates itself taking control away from the aviator whenever the angle of descent becomes too acu|c wilson to jam tolls repeal to quick vote battle royal on this week to save country from humiliation of having its laws withdrawn at demand of foreign nation washington march 7 the battle royal to prevent the country from suf fering the ignominy and humiliation ol having its laws repealed at the demandi of a foreign nation and to save a great political party from self-stiutifie.-ution wil begin m both houses of congress nexi week president wilson's stanchest support ers admit he is entering upon the biggesi fight of his political life his plea fu the repeal of the tuil exemption eluusc of the canal act has stunned all patriotic men iv congress by reason of its au dacity letters and telegrams from constituents urge these members of congress to stund firm for the american policy and prais them for their courage m refusing to be cajoled or whipped into the support ol a policy that does not meet witb theif ; approval refuse to accept d_-tum the calmer sober secoi d thought of public men as privately expr.'-'ed to-day refuses to accept the mere dietuu of tb president on this subject ther wm much comment over the fact thai the president departed from his usual custom iv this message instead of giving re sous for the recommendations he made to congress he indulged m veiled inueodl and vague references to something tha i might happen if congress refused to do his bidding the method of bringing to himself the support he asked has been criticised ss an appeal for personal surrender to the executive will rather than an appeal to the reason and judgment of patriotic and strong men preparations for the fight are already under way the committee on interstate commerce late yesterday ordered a favor able report on a bill to repeal the ex emption clause by a vote of 17 to 4 this apparently one-sided vote was duo to the leadership of chairman adamson of the committee acting under whip and spur from the white house aided by every conceivable sort of pressure thst certain officials m high places know well how to bring to bear upon members ol congress action not so important the action of the house committee however is not so important as it would first appear to be when the origin canal act was reported from this same committee it contained a provision for the collection of tolls against coastwise ships engaged m purely domestic com merce it was the house itself that arose and rode down the command providing for exemption of tolls it is on the floor of the house again that tlie fight is to be made and the prediction is made by some of the strong men of the house lhat this same committee once more will b overthrown on this subject the measure is to be brought into the house under a special rule a ci amount of time for debate â– be - cd the country must not forget hn th two greatest figures m the hous nt representatives to-day â€” the men who wield the most power â€” are witb tbu american people and against dent and his british alliance nn this subject speaker champ clark and that militant and aggressive leader of american democ racy oscar t'nderwood n}>->nly and pub llcly have voiced their opposition to the president's plan although summoned to fhe white house and urged to come o-nt tfl h-.e s j and lead the fight for repeal oscar un derwood refused to be either jollied or fontinued on 3th page ist column centinued on 10th page sth column ' v s 93 w \ Chicago and vicinity cioudy 7u&&ji m " rs oi4t sunday monday fair moderate fvfl i ts n ithwest winds not much change jl jc m temperature 111 v*"*>j range of temperature yesterdny j-"l-"-"-^--7q highest 38 m j lowest 31 4 v __/ j average 34 m 1 a paying business for sale w â„¢ cheap look now = | ifnnn r i^his business is advertised 3 efflgmj to-day m the business chances m i 111 l columns of the examiner's want e ggggg ad section turn and look at it Â£ now if it appeals to you take ad ff tlljj vantage of it to-morrow morning t pt xx iv/f any people have made hand j jsgi 1 j some profits by taking quick ja fh advantage of the business chances ii hi^\w ads m the examiner's want ad i jj yfi columns you can do the same jj m j thing â€” to-day n l gg win gold m the sunday bi examiner want ad contest fj he reduced 57 pounds new method of flesh reduction proves astonishingly successful johnstown pa march 7-investiga tion has fully established that hon h t stetler of this city has reduced his weight fifty-seven pounds m an incredibly short time by wearing a simple invisible device weighing less than an ounce this when worn as directed acts as an infallible flesh reducer dispensing entirely with dieting medicines and exercises many prominent men and women have adopted this easy means of reducing superfluous flesh and it is stated the 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Chicago examiner sunday Chicago march 8 1914 sunday vol xiv no 36 a iv price five cents famous british law authority concedes united states right to free canal tolls phe london law reviejv the highest authority among british legal publications concludes a 5,000 word analysis of the hay-pavncefote treaty and of american rights m the panama canal with these words to sum up it is reasonably arguable a that the united states can support its action ( b ) that there is no international obligation to a full article will +& found m the london on the precise words of the material articles of submit the construction of its legislative act to law review for november 1912 volume 38 oaaes the treaty that its case is strengthened by refer a"v process of arbitration and i ' 1 h 08 pages to the preamble and context and that its c that any aggrieved party has an appropriate t0 ud4 law associatlons and public libraries case is difficult to challenge on grounds of gen and impartial and a competent tribunal m the keep bound volumes of the london law review eral justice supreme court of the united states so important and authoritative is the publication u s girl is killed by mexicans in torreon dr wittigenstein tells of new atrocities committed on amer ican women petitions bryan to punish crime perpetrators washington march 7 new atroci ties in mexico were revealed to-day by dr t h wittii-pnsteiu a former resi i pi ywclan iri n'e:evo leon who pre state bryan a pe ilie punishment of c harr been committed ngni-ist imei __>:> omen and children reached secretary bryan late to-day recounts the list of ludlguthefl and murders which dr wit tgenstein recently presented exclusively e'ri-n.v he insists that something must lie diem to make the lives of americans ii m foseicu counvie * â€¢ â€¢ there are two css&bo bald dr wtttt gt_ir wliyigeiistein recites the differ ent casss wfi"ich have come to his atten tion personally he says he is willing to furnish proofs of the death of each person mentioned m the petition in concluding his petition dr wittigen stein says i do not know however that ameri cans ln mexico are praying for true pro tection from their native country they having uo way to leave mexico as has been suggested to them by the united estates government j4gnotber"^tem_m.d for protection of brit ish citizens was made upon secretary bryan to-day y sir cecil sprlng-blce the english ambassador the new case k that of w d snyman a wealthy roosevelt-willard wedding late in april envoy to spain says colonel will attend event before return special cable to tha examiner london march 7 colonel roosevelt will not return to the united states from south america but is going to spain with his son kermit for the latter's marriage to belle willard according to joseph e willard american ambassador at ma drid mr and mrs willard and miss belle are guests of ambassador page and mrs page they came to london to be presented at yesterday's court mr wil lard said the marriage probably would take place late m april famous n y art dealer ends life surrounded by great masterpieces t j blakeslee shoots self new york march 7 theron j blakeslee noted art dealer committed suicide this evening by shooting himself through the right temple while seated m his main show room m the francis building 6c5 fifth avenue he was sur rounded by masterpieces of the world's most famous artists business reverses impelled the tragedy according to mr blakeslee's friends he had made heavy purchases of late and found no sale for his stock this had necessitated reorganization of his affairs mr blakeslee was sixty-one years old he entered the art field m boston and came to this city m 1885 he was one of the first art dealers to establish pub lic sales of paintings princess radziwill stirs countess ire whistling m presence of husband's grandmother arouses anger special cable to the examiner paris march 7 the unconventional behavior of princess rndzlwill who was dorothy deacon of boston has aroused the anger of her husband grandmother the irascible countess branicka the princess was visiting the countess at castle bialycierkieff dorothy began whistling the countess demanded to know who was whistling m her presence dorothy repeated the offense and the countess sent her a message that if she wished to whistle she should do lt m her own rooms wilson jostles way in quaker throng few among thousands recognize president m philadelphia washington march 7 president wilson's eyes have not suffered much from one year of presidential activity he journeyed to philadelphia to-day to find out that his eyes were not failing him and his oculist made only a slight change of lenses m the glasses he wears the president returned to washington to night while a crowd cheered the presi dent at the depot few persons among the saturday throng on chestnut street recog nized him ira n morris is to become envoy in turkey , chicagoan will succeed morgen thau who gets place on u s banking board new yorker tires of post washington march 7 henry mor genthau of new york ambassador to turkey will be appointed a member of the federal reserve board or chairman of the board of control of the reserve bank at new york ira nelson morris of chi cago will succeed him as ambassador to turkey it became known to-day that when mr morgenthau was appointed to his present position it was with the under standing that he would be recalled soon to take a place m the cabinet as secre tary of commerce a line of work which he much preferred will be chief of board as chairman of the board of the new york system mr morgenthau will be chief agent of the federal board and will wield tremendous influence over the new york banking institutions mr morris is at present m italy as special agent for the united states for the panama exposition at san fran cisco it is stated that at the time h wft to take charge of the panama-pacific ex position work m italy mr morris was acquainted with the probability of his appointment as ambassador to turkey dissatisfied with post the authority for the foregoing state ments declared that mr morgenthau has been dissatisfied with his ambassa dorial post since he was appointed to gratify the president's desire to have an especially capable man to take hold of the diplomatic tangle engendered by the balkan war mr morgenthau it is said has been looking for some substantial reward m this country the work which he has done ln turkey has won commendation from officials of the state department mr morgenthau is understood to have urged mr morris for the position promoter of first steam railway dies aaron van guysling helped de velop mohawk & hudson los angeles march 7 aaron van guysling eighty-eight years old retired pioneer railroad man of new york and identified with some of the most noted men m american railroad history died after a brief illness of bronchial pneu monia m the home of his son g b van guysling here to-day in 1841 van guysling helped develop the mohawk & hudson railroad which later became fa mous as the first practical steam road in the united states sentence earle with woman hissed in court â€¢ american artist and latest in amorata convicted m france of abducting little son letters arouse protest special cable ta the examiner bomoraxtin france march 7 ferdinand pinney earle and his latest affinity miss charlotte hermann of rutherford n j were found guilty to night of the kidnaping of earle's eight year-old son harold from a private school at lamotte-beauvron earle was sentenced to two months imprisonment and miss hermann to one month both sentences to date from time of their arrest ln norway both were therefore liberated to-night earle was also fined 5 and miss hermann 3 mme fischbacher the divorced first wife of earle and mother of the boy was awarded 1,400 damages basks m smiles fashionable women again filled every corner a dozen flanking the judge on the bench most of the time they had no eyes except for earle who basked ii their gaze occasionally smiling __ resuming his speech mme fisehbach er's lawyer maltre boppon dwelt scorn fully oir earfe's notion b hi.^_t mflf portance when he acknowledged in his testimony that he considered himself a great personage m the same category with colonel roosevelt and president wilson m boppon anathematized earle's pro posal to his first wife that she enter with him and julia kuttner into a mar velous trinity of love and mutual under standing the lawyer emphasized the fact that from may 1910 until july 1913 earle did not once seek news of his son whom he professed to love be cause he was too much absorbed m his latest liasons pledged unwashed face pointing to the fact that earle had promised undying love and fidelity to all his wives m boppon read from his let ers to julia kuttner theodora sidford and charlotte hermann at this the people crowding around the entrance of the court room began loudly to protest enough it is too disgusting the judge then had the court cleared and the hearing was continued with closed doors in one letter to his third wife earle declared be had vowed not to wash his face until the birth of the baby she ex pected at this time earle was living with miss hermann m berlin boppon next exhibited earle's diary demonstrating the discipline to which he had submitted his first wife while visit ing egypt the diary contained a code of drawings showing the punishment he had administered to her a sketch of a shoe indicated a kick a whip meant a thrashing and a hand represented a box ing of the ears the public prosecutor m chaudet m summing up contended that earle had acted more from hatred of his first wife than love of his chnd earle is an ultra-modern blue bear he declared his methods of getting rid of his wives are less barbarous but none the less cruel nnd abominable earle explains code m de brngerie the lawyer for the defense then called earle to the stand to explain what the prosecution had described as his punishment code the artist said the sketch of hands meant applause that of a foot indicated a kick m slang or m the american sense of criticism while the whip represented a cane and was a souvenir of blows given to arabs during excursions on the nile at this stage of the explanation mme fischbacher pusbed her way excitedly to the front of the court and cried furious ly he lies stamping her foot and pouring out accusations of numberless blows and other outrages during the period of four and one-half years m which she had lived with him loud applause greeted the verdict which was rendered after a ten-minute deliberation many persons crowded around the dock to congratulate earle who ' trembled violently he and miss hermann left the court guarded by gen darmes but before his departure his third wife mrs theoijora sidford earle dashed from behind and kissed his ear / 27 of leeds pictures found to be copies | art expert reports on supposedly j old masterpieces special cable te the examiner paris march 7 twenty-seven of the thirty-seven pictures m the collection of supposedly old masterpieces purchased seven years ago by the late william b leeds m new york were to-day declared to be copies by georges sortals picture expert the declaration was made m civil court and mrs leeds may take action to re cover upon the paintings mrs leeds brought the entire collection to paris some time ago and sought legal and expert advice concerning whether the paintings were all originals sortais was v appointed to make the examination and to-day he asserted that without doubt ten of the paintings were originals but the others were copies stock averts panic in orchestra hall smoke drawn in by ventilators frightens audience panic was averted at orchestra hall last night by the calmness of frederick stock conductor of the Chicago sym phony orchestra there was no fire m the building bat the suction ventilators assisted by some freak of wind drew into the auditorium great volumes of dense smoke for several minutes there was great uneasiness la the audience many rose from their seats a few souÂ£-_t exits conductor stock heard the scuffling of feet and did not know whether there was cause for panic or notl without turning his head he continued to lead the orches tra to the end of the selection and by that time the excitement was over only royal 3 can tie up traffic now king george arrogates right to queen mother and himself special call ta tha examiner london march 7 only the king and queen and the dowager queen alexan dra hereafter will enjoy the privilege of having street traffic held np for them whenever they go out carriage riding in recent years some of the minor royalties have assumed the same right scotland yard complained and to-day the king or dered that the ordinances apply only to the royal three radcliffe gets man as regular co-ed boston mass march 7 radcliffe college harvard university annex and hitherto seat of learning for girls only has admitted one man he is duly regis tered and enrolled attends courses with the radcliffe girls and altogether be longs just as much as any of the girls do his name is samuel bass warner nnd he lives m a student's domicile at boom 2 walter hastings which is one of the gold coast harvard dormitories wigs and gowns for lawyers Taft urges boston mass march 7 discussing legal ethics at the boston university law school to-day ex-president Taft said lawyers should wear wigs and gowns as they do m england to show respect for the courts all jndges ought to wear a distinguishing robe people ought to be made to observe propriety m court they should be careful of their dress hunt over nation for ricketts paintings art dealer a child m finance blocks tracing of assets said to have been sold when he realized debts robb roy ricketts head of the art firm of moulton and ricketts which has gone into the hands of a receiver resumed bis testimony m the receivership hearing yes terday while a countrywide search was j being made for missing masterpieces which are believed to be part of the as sets of the firm in new york an ancillary receiver was appointed upon a showing that valuable canvases had been carried out of the i studio at midnight after the firm went i on the rocks on the witness stand ricketts battled with his memory and with opposing law yers all the forenoon without explaining ln any detail the shipping of scores of i paintings from his van buren street studio the examination of ricketts presented to the court and attorneys a picture of a man living entirely m the atmosphere of art blissfully ignorant of the most ordinary usages of the business world j and the victim of alleged friends who played upon the possibilities of his un usual temperament ricketts could not guess within a quarter of a million dollars what were his assets he said he thought that his firm was still solvent although he ad mitted that his bookkeeper lad shown him some figures and notes and things which he said meant that he was broke way back m the beginning of things i used to notice figures and money but i have spent so much time buying and selling pictures that i haven't time nor the inclination to think about business ricketts indicated that when a friend admired a picture he sold it to him if the friend owed him the price of the picture or a few thousand dollars less ricketts considered fhe account closed if he owed an artist or a customer money he wrote them a note and signed his name to it with as much assurance as though he were making bank notes overdrew bank account attorney michael gesas representing the Chicago title & trust company re ceivers of the moulton & ricketts busi ness obtained from ricketts on the wit nobb roy rick ** etts bankrupt art dealer on the stand yesterday as he amaz ed lawyers by his ig norance of financial af fairs and baffled find ing of assets by his faulty memory gangster shot in saloon fight policeman becomes target after battle between goose isle and smoky hollow bands the goose island gang and the smoky hollow gang rival bands of men with police records met last night m an encounter which resulted m bert etannagan of the goose island gang being mortally wounded he was shot three times and taken to the alexinn brothers hospital detec tive sergeant john hardy was near the scene of the fight which occurred m a saloon at 40-1 west division street etan nagan said james marley fired the shots hardy arrested marley after a right m which it is alleged marley tried to shoot the detective marley has a jail record i while detective hardy was waiting i with his prisoner at the patrol box it is alleged that one mickey giiyo a friend of the prisoner fired three shots at har dy missed each time and escaped the police are searching for guyo melba loses voice when ready to sing boston march 7 a pathetic and dra matic incident occurred m the boston opera house this afternoon when mme nellie melba appeared m the costume of mimi m la boheme and in an almost inaudible tone told her audience she had suddenly lost her voice and was unable to sing a note wright patent beat by new plane claim nett york march 7 r r grant of norfolk va is here with plans of an aeroplane which he claims does not in fringe the wright patent in descend ing the machine regulates itself taking control away from the aviator whenever the angle of descent becomes too acu|c wilson to jam tolls repeal to quick vote battle royal on this week to save country from humiliation of having its laws withdrawn at demand of foreign nation washington march 7 the battle royal to prevent the country from suf fering the ignominy and humiliation ol having its laws repealed at the demandi of a foreign nation and to save a great political party from self-stiutifie.-ution wil begin m both houses of congress nexi week president wilson's stanchest support ers admit he is entering upon the biggesi fight of his political life his plea fu the repeal of the tuil exemption eluusc of the canal act has stunned all patriotic men iv congress by reason of its au dacity letters and telegrams from constituents urge these members of congress to stund firm for the american policy and prais them for their courage m refusing to be cajoled or whipped into the support ol a policy that does not meet witb theif ; approval refuse to accept d_-tum the calmer sober secoi d thought of public men as privately expr.'-'ed to-day refuses to accept the mere dietuu of tb president on this subject ther wm much comment over the fact thai the president departed from his usual custom iv this message instead of giving re sous for the recommendations he made to congress he indulged m veiled inueodl and vague references to something tha i might happen if congress refused to do his bidding the method of bringing to himself the support he asked has been criticised ss an appeal for personal surrender to the executive will rather than an appeal to the reason and judgment of patriotic and strong men preparations for the fight are already under way the committee on interstate commerce late yesterday ordered a favor able report on a bill to repeal the ex emption clause by a vote of 17 to 4 this apparently one-sided vote was duo to the leadership of chairman adamson of the committee acting under whip and spur from the white house aided by every conceivable sort of pressure thst certain officials m high places know well how to bring to bear upon members ol congress action not so important the action of the house committee however is not so important as it would first appear to be when the origin canal act was reported from this same committee it contained a provision for the collection of tolls against coastwise ships engaged m purely domestic com merce it was the house itself that arose and rode down the command providing for exemption of tolls it is on the floor of the house again that tlie fight is to be made and the prediction is made by some of the strong men of the house lhat this same committee once more will b overthrown on this subject the measure is to be brought into the house under a special rule a ci amount of time for debate â– be - cd the country must not forget hn th two greatest figures m the hous nt representatives to-day â€” the men who wield the most power â€” are witb tbu american people and against dent and his british alliance nn this subject speaker champ clark and that militant and aggressive leader of american democ racy oscar t'nderwood n}>->nly and pub llcly have voiced their opposition to the president's plan although summoned to fhe white house and urged to come o-nt tfl h-.e s j and lead the fight for repeal oscar un derwood refused to be either jollied or fontinued on 3th page ist column centinued on 10th page sth column ' v s 93 w \ Chicago and vicinity cioudy 7u&&ji m " rs oi4t sunday monday fair moderate fvfl i ts n ithwest winds not much change jl jc m temperature 111 v*"*>j range of temperature yesterdny j-"l-"-"-^--7q highest 38 m j lowest 31 4 v __/ j 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